Bangladeshi short films Colourkite and Dream Lithe have been invited at the second session of the International Youth Film Festival of Langesund (IYFFL). The festival will be held this year from July 7-11 at the beautiful coastal town of Langesund in Southern Norway.
Both films, made by young Bangladeshi filmmaker Zayed Siddiki, were produced under the banner of Homo Reflector Productions. The short films portray the harsh socio-economic reality of the disadvantaged street children of urban ghettos in Bangladesh.
Major casts in Colourkite include prominent and talented actors Shely Ahsan and Habib Arinda while the two debutants Oishi and Kazi Bappa played the major roles in Dream Lithe.
Before this Colourkite were invited and screened in seven international film festivals and grabbed three awards. Besides, Dream Lithe has also received invitation from three international film festivals so far. To express his feelings director of the films Zayed Siddiki said, “Short films are not that popular in our country but in western countries and in the far East, it’s very popular. So, receiving an invitation from Norway is an honour for the whole team behind the films.” He also said, if we can increase the facilities of screening short films in our country the medium will be very popular and we will get a lot of film activists.